Pete Gioconda

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PETE GIOCONDA is a unique, edgy singer, a protest poet with penchant for historical reference. This mix of punk attitude and psychedelic-folk feel teases the audience to take sides . . . like a Johnny Rotten (who hasn’t slept in four days) meets Times they are a-changin’-era Dylan and strolls into Cat Power’s bedroom for consolation.

Pete has taken the empty culture of materialism and is attempting to untangle it. His song Hey You, Out with Shopping Bags has acquired new meaning in the wake of recent looting. Shadow shopping. The unseen forces which control our perception, which leave us “dreaming of money gods”, form the subject of Wake Up or Be Captured. “In one sense, 1970s punk had it easy,” Pete comments. “All it had to do was attack nice fluffy hippies. It’s much harder now, because mainstream youth culture is filled with aggressive patsies of consumerism. Being aggressive back doesn’t work. I’ve tried. It just makes minds smaller.”

Some people make shopping mall music. Big, calm, blandly elegant. Somewhere to pass the time and feel comfortable. Pete does not make that kind of music. He makes the music of cobblestone streets, winding alleys, shady lanes. Dimly lit bars. The music of cold, still dawns. Of desolate, wild country.

Pete’s poetic style is influenced by the freedom he found hitching and wandering in his 20s, and by his love of classic literature. His aim is to merge story, theatre and poetry with his music and songs.
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  • threeface

    Heyas - really grateful if you can vote for Pete Gioconda's surreal music video "Save Your Dreams" on Beat 100 (link below). http://www.beat100.com/music-video-chart/watch/save-your-dreams---pete-gioconda_43693/ It won a Silver Award today (and "Hey You" - the badger video won Bronze), and your vote will significantly help to get it properly featured. Thanks!

    18 Jan 12:51am Reply

  • threeface

    Gigs coming up >>> .... More Easter tour dates to be announced .... >>> Thurs Apr 5th, 2012 Badgertrap + Pete Gioconda + lots of acts @ RMA Tavern, Portsmouth. Free. Part of "Shopping Bags Tour". New songs. Rock'n'roll. Folk. Mayhem. Hilarity. Surrealism. Satire. Fun. >>> Tues Mar 6th, 2012 Pete Gioconda + lots of acts @ Little Johnny Russell's, Portsmouth. Free. Acoustic solo with harmonica. Pete getting it together for Portsmouth. New songs. >>> Tues Feb 21st, 2012 Skiffle & The Piffles + Pete Gioconda + Badgertrap @ Power's Bar, Kilburn, London. Free. Fun night in great venue. Pete + Barry the Badger getting it together for the Shopping Bags Tour. >>> Sun Feb 19th, 2012 Pete Gioconda + lots of acoustic acts @ The Hideaway open mic, run by Treana Morris, nr Archway/Tufnell Park, London. Free. Enjoyable night with a lot of talent. >>>

    18 Feb 2012 Reply

  • handyhenry

    Hey Man, at last I have found time to listen at Last FM! Hope to catch you live with your band soon!

    5 Apr 2009 Reply

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